Jessica Kirson

welcome to and here's modi . Can I just see my shot ?

come on pose that's nice , you just want to move to the music okay , all righty , and here's mod .

Hello everybody , welcome back . We are in the studio currently , me , leo and Periel Ashen Brand . Wow , yes , when you told me brand the word brand is like a brand , like a Giorgio Armani brand it helped me out , figure out how to say your name . And so we're here , periel Ashen Brand , and waiting for a guest , but we're starting off anyway .

I hope the results .

This is the message in a bottle to our future selves yes , we may be seeking asylum in the uk I will be on stage when the results come in even though yeah , I'll be . I'll be at the palladium in london yeah , on november 6th our agent said I have a . I have a great gift for you ?

yeah , he framed . He framed it as a gift , yes , not like would you like to work in London .

But we said I actually would love to be in London during election day .

You're literally going to be on stage when the results get in . Well , let's be clear .

Yeah , those results are not coming in for any time , for a few weeks probably .

Fair enough .

Yeah , yeah .

If at all if at all , if at all , and either way , they're going to be contested uh , we watched kamala harris last night and by watched , I went to bed , I , I watched , I watched , I watched she was throwing some balls and she could have really banged them in and uh , she , she didn't .

Is she super qualified to be the president ?

Isn't she ?

I mean , I don't know . I think that depends on who you ask .

She was a lawyer . Oh good , I like that . You're resisting me . I'm because you , because you , as we all know , we are politically asexual , but we , um , but uh , I think I'm having a sexual awakening .

Oh , you are , I'm scared .

Um , um , um . I have faith in the lord god and I the Lord In the Lord right . I never said the Lord before right .

You can't say that . I don't think I can say , lord I don't think you can say Lord .

No , because the Lord , our God , the Lord is one . You can say the Lord , it's God .

Why can't you say Lord , I thought the Christians had a hard time .

Christians have a much different definition of Lord than Jews just a word for God , yeah .

Whereas I think your Lord is the pop star from New Zealand .

Yeah , Leo , oh bam , leo's on tonight .

I have to carry the weight of it . I mean , oh , your shoulder's a little heavy .

Are your shoulders carrying this podcast , Leo oh ?

Those of you listening . This is the sound of cold brew , A venti cold brew from starbucks yeah , we are about to do four podcasts today .

We're gonna be wired .

I don't know how you guys drink starbucks .

I really don't oh , is it not good for you ? No , it's just the shitty coffee let's do a question what is your go-to starbucks order if you have to at gunpoint ? If you're not a Starbucks person , even , what is your Starbucks order If you're in an airport and you're dying ? You need a caffeine ? Hit , there's only a Starbucks . What's your order ?

I'm going to get the same thing I always get . It's an espresso with cold milk and ice .

And I am saying and they give it to you in that little tiny baby cup .

No , I ask for it in like a bigger cup so I could put ice and milk in it .

I never drink it in it , oh those of you who deviate from things that are just meant to be . I would never in my life ask them to do something out of the box Ice coffee with a little bit of almond milk , period , yeah , and that's it . If it's early and cold , regular coffee medium with a little bit of almond milk , that's it . So easy .

Modi gets mad , because he'll be like I'll have exactly what you said a medium coffee with almond milk Period . And then I'll be like can I please have a venti iced oat latte ?

with two pumps of sugar-free vanilla , with two pumps of sugar and one thick of scent , and kisses and hugs . And if you could hold me when it's ready , that would be nice and then four hours later we hear Leo , like literally four hours later , and it's never right , but listen to me .

Iced latte with oat milk is not a complicated order . I'm just . What's throwing you is the two pumps of sugar-free vanilla , because it sounds superfluous and luxury .

She pumps these two , it looks like shampoo . She puts in shampoo , vanilla shampoo in his drink , yeah , and then he can't settle down the whole day , and then he can't settle down the whole day .

I wonder why I have to take too Ambien to sleep at night Wait a second .

Here's the question for the viewers .

Yes .

Is Starbucks coffee garbage ?

I think everyone's palate is blown out from all of the processed foods . I'm drinking Celsius during the day , do you know what that is . It's battery acid .

Right ? No , it's not . Yes , it is .

No , it's not .

You guys , your palates are blown out because you're drinking Celsius all day .

No , all of America is also drinking that shit . Everybody is drinking Celsius and the monster energy drinks . No , god forbid .

I just saw the Instagram the four things you shouldn't drink . One of them is Monster , one of them is some Prime or whatever some other crazy drink . I never heard of Red Bull they say you should never drink . And then they said the something in Starbucks is a drink you order in Starbucks . That's just all pure Carcinogens , horrible .

And you know the other thing .

I was praying to God please don't say Celsius . And they didn't say Celsius .

We got a very sweet fan email from someone . You know how sometimes you can just glean from an email that the writer of said email is like an older person Of said email .

And I was like… oh , that's so sweet , thanks , but no thanks , delete no , no , thank you for sending that . Thank you for caring , but it also has… .

It has vitamins ?

No , not that . No , come on , it does have vitamins . Are you guys going to ? Let me discuss this ? Celsius allows you to go have a workout that you would not regularly have at the gym . If you time that Celsius correctly , you will have an amazing workout .

That's right Cue Jessica Kearson .

Enter Jessica Kearson . Please just hop in . Oh my God , like when they do an Aaliyah in the synagogue . Yamo Jessica , what's your mother's name ? What's your mother's name ? Yamo Jessica Elaine , we'll just sit right on , pick up that mic . So it's right in your face .

I need a lesbian here .

You did it . You are the lesbian here . Hi , jessica , your face like a big . I needed lesbian here . You did it . You are the lesbian here .

Oh , you are there's a lot to walk into , because I don't like attention . I'm serious , you think I'm joking , but okay , oh my god , do an intro .

Do an intro . I'm gonna do an intro and I'm gonna do the intro with a full on blessing . I have been waiting for you to be a guest on this podcast for like three years .

Yeah , do you have anyone who can clean my glasses ? I can give them to me . I was joking , but thank you , Jessica , I'm going to start with I the help . Do you have the help here For the girl ?

The girl , the girl , the girl .

You still do that bit . No , it's so good .

Yeah , it works in the South when I talk about how Jewish people have called the girl .

Oh my God , I love you . You look great .

Thank you , I'm so miserable . How are you guys doing , jessica ?

Oh , my God , I love you . I feel like we've had so many comedians on this show and I get like a little starstruck that you're here , really .

Yeah , you're like one of the people who makes me laugh the hardest , like you're so cute because I feel like I don't laugh at comedy shows anymore I don't laugh at anyone , especially moly no , I don't laugh at me , uh I do see this time .

Leo just crawls into the sofa and he's watching stuff and you is like when he'll laugh out loud yeah , yeah , all my other like receptors are blown out from like being at the cellar I know it's really painful it's like I don't know if that's the definition of jaded maybe , but like you , I still love your stuff and you are , you're lily .

You become the queen of crowd work yeah , which is crazy I mean I just I , I mean it's part of what I do , but it's like a niche thing , like I just started posting crowd work clips because I'm not going to post my material .

Right .

And it just did . Everyone liked it .

And can I know how many ? You have 571,000 followers .

Some people said they hope she burns in a fire .

Of course , Well , you get a lot of crazies . What ? Yeah , you get a lot of crazies .

No , I have amazing fans Like my manager says I'm like the Grateful Dead for the mentally ill . They're really good people because they're miserable and they hate themselves . So they're really like they want to laugh .

Oh my God , jessica Zahn , we could just sit back

You can't get catering .

What would you have liked to have been here ?

I mean I'd have catering and I have like half of it .

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Oh , my God Wait . Do you actually have catering when you do your show ?

Well , I'm starting a podcast again , you are .

What's it ?

called . That's exciting .

Just the Jessica Kirsten Show . Yeah , because my dream is to have a talk show at some point . You'd be so good at I really want to do that , but they we'll see , because they , you know , they don't hire women so how long have you been doing comedy ?

how long have I known you ?

78 years , literally 25 years I've known you 25 years .

I've known you wow what year did you start ? I started 94 at the cellar 90 that's when I started walking . 30 years , jessica and I when did you have your first child ? Well , I didn't have any of them because , jessica and I , when did you have your first child ?

well , I didn't have any of them because I don't want to ruin this temple , but I spread my seed to women and I was first . How old was I when Zoe was born ?

I was like 36 so how long ago was that ?

Why are you doing math equations ?

Because we did that event . I did that event with your house . Yeah , you did her baby naming . I did her baby naming .

Well , she's 18 . Can you believe that she's in college ?

18 years ago , Jessica Kirsten calls me up and says I have a baby , I got a Mazel To . We need to do a baby naming . Baby naming is usually the Saturday after the daughter is born . They do it as a part of the Aaliyahs . But she says , no , we're doing it at our house , my mother's house .

You love getting a drag .

I wore the can was great .

I have pictures of that somewhere . I have to find them , you have pictures of that ?

I would love to see it , but this was . I walk into the house and Jessica's like Jessica's in full futz and screaming . The mother is just hollering and going nuts . And then I stand in front of the stairwell and her father comes down , toupee an inch off his head , am .

I right ? Yeah , he toupee an inch off his head . Am I right ? Yeah , he was better looking without it , because it would look like roadkill .

Literally . But the first words he says to me I'm standing in a full canter outfit , robe tallest , I hate you First . No , I'll never forget this says to me irregular , I go what Irregular . Yes , we're doing a lesbian . He goes . Irregular , I go what's irregular , he goes . These pants I bought for $17 . They cost 180 . They're Ralph Lauren , they're irregular .

He did it to make you laugh . He was very funny , he was he .

I said , oh , this is going to be an amazing day . I put together some ceremony . I couldn't . I began doing psalms and then I go oh , my voice is on , I just went off and it was just . You were great , Wasn't it an amazing ?

event and the food was delicious . Yeah the food was crazy . Right , we have great food at my family .

It was really next level it at my family .

It was really next level . It was like they teased you with the locks and they said guess what ? We have real food too . It was so good Sandwiches and omelets . I know we go all out , wow yeah .

And that was the house where you talk about where your mother used to do .

No , that's my dad's house in Short Hills , New Jersey , Right .

Short .

Hills , but , no , my mom . We lived in South Orange and my mom saw clients in the basement when I had to be quiet every day .

She was a psychiatrist . Yeah , she's a psychologist .

Psychologist , yeah , yeah .

And you talked about that and it's the funniest . Yeah , I had to be quiet every day .

She would be helping people in the basement and I would be like having anxiety disorder , like panic attacks upstairs . She'd be like Susan needs my help . I'm like well , I just ate six pizzas and beheaded my Barbies . Good luck to Susan .

What's the phrase ? The cobbler's children ?

have Never have shoes . No , the cobblers don't have shoes , always go barefoot , yeah .

You are as busy as a beaver in whatever the hell .

beavers are the never-ending tour .

I know .

That's what you've called it . I gotta change it .

It's a little depressing Because it's no , because I'm getting tired , I'm getting tired , I have a question branding-wise , Like from Because we People see tour dates .

Sorry , I can't talk and they'll send messages . Is this Different from the last Modi show that was in town ?

I can't stand when people say that . But I think with you it's more common Because it's the it's very Jewish , it is . Is this the same show ? But it's not . But it's not that I saw . I know , but there .

But that's why you changed the name , but then I see your poster is called the NeverEnding Tour and you just keep adding dates to it . People ask you the same like .

Hardly ever , but I don't it's not the same , because you have happier fans .

You also don't have . You don't have a set list , do you ?

Do you ? Yeah , I do crowd work for about well . The other night I did 30 minutes of crowd work . It's crazy , but that's when I'm really on .

But normally it's like 20 minutes of crowd work and then I do like 50 minutes of Just for the audience Crowd workers when the comic speaks to the audience and like where are you from , what do you do ? And then a joke would come in . And most people are horrible at it . Most people are absolutely horrible at it . Jessica is a queen of it .

Yeah , I just love doing my material .

It's not your thing , it's not my thing , if it happens .

I'm very good at it .

Yeah , you're good at everything , but I don't , but I don't yeah , no , no , I don't care , I will , I'll toot my own horn , I just avoid it .

You're amazing at that , like you're amazing on stage .

You have to understand something about crowd work . There's an element here that people don't understand something . You're on stage with a microphone , you already got them rolling and now , whatever you say , they're already in a laughing mode . So it's not now . You just have to be a little clever , or maybe even hold back or make a face . So what do you do ?

Well , I don't already have them in a thing ? I literally go out and don't even do a joke . I don't have them in a whole tizzy already , I just say- .

Jessica , your presence . When you walk on stage and you turn to them and just lock eyes with them , the audience is already like . Such an important part of comedy is the confidence , the comic has on stage you walk on stage and it says this is my place , this is where I belong , this is what I do . You're here , especially in a comedy club .

You walk on stage and people like bam , this , this bitch is gonna nail it yeah , they know that I , when I taught for years , I would always tell female com , I mean every comic . But you have to own the room you have to like like this is mine , don't fuck with me , I'm not afraid of you . Like . That is the whole .

and now , back in the day , you were much bigger , you were a big girl .

I was .

Yeah , and you used to address that . No , she had these amazing jokes I was huge , she was huge , yeah , she was huge . You obviously can't do those jokes Of course I do .

I deal with food addiction .

So when people say you can't talk , I'm like don't tell me what I can and can't talk about . I didn't say you can't , I asked how do you do it ?

Fans will sometimes say that to me how do you do it ? How I talk about my struggle with food my whole life and then I went to fat camp you know , jewish fat camp jack camp . And I was like 10 pounds overweight , but that's enormous in a Jewish family where you have to look good , you know Right ?

To make myself laugh . At times I think about your line , about I'm going to deep throat a sleeve of Oreos , a sleeve of Oreos .

Yeah , I haven't said that in a long time .

I say I turn around and talk to myself and I say stop eating salads in public . Everyone knows you .

Go home and fuck your face with a sleeve of sleep and it's like um , when you add so much brown sugar to your oatmeal .

Yeah , yeah yeah , it comes , a miniature pie it's so good and and she says it , not like I if I say the joke that's gonna , it's gonna , I know it's gonna land , I sit there and hollish and all the laughter . She just moves bright on , just throws it at them and you see people that can't catch up to her .

See you like bask and I'm very uncomfortable with the attention . I know that sounds crazy , but I have to force myself to like . When I'm doing theaters now and people are giving me standing ovations and in my mind I'm like , jessica , stay out here , take it . Let yourself feel this , you deserve it .

Speaking of theaters , you're doing the Beacon .

Yes , mazel Tov , yeah you , I mean .

You both are doing the Beacon when are you doing it ?

I thought you did it already .

Three shows coming up 17 , 18 , and 19 of December oh good , those are good dates for you . Those are great , and Seinfeld is the 20 .

Yeah .

That's amazing . I'm super excited and he's doing one show . He's doing one . Well , you know he does it monthly or often .

Oh , I didn't know that .

Yeah , yeah , yeah , yeah , you're doing it in February .

I'm doing it in April , april yeah .

He literally does the beacon like we do spots at the cellar . Yeah , it's so funny . Yeah , and he deserves 17 , 18 , 19 , 20, . He's doing that , yeah .

What are your dates in April .

April 25th and the 24th . I think too . Wow , yeah .

Wow , 25th is already set .

That's major .

Right before .

Pesach .

Yes .

And you filmed your special already .

Yes , I did . I filmed my special that's coming out on Hulu .

Amazing when .

Around that time too .

Oh , that's amazing . Where'd you film it ?

I filmed it at Sony Hall . It was great . I mean , it came out amazing . It took a lot of work to make it what it is and I'm very , very proud of it . And people it's so funny because people that see me online or like followers probably think it's all crowd work and there's no crowd work .

That's really good . It's so fat and juicy for them to like bite into .

Yeah , there's like one or two conversations , but that's it wow like small , tiny a few comedians have been doing sony hall .

Did you do anything different to the stage ?

yeah , yeah , we set up the whole stage and change . It's a good room , even though it has a great stage , the lighting behind it .

I did a few christmas shows there . The lighting behind there is amazing yeah , it's great and I don't .

You know , I didn't want to do it in a big theater , because what I'm telling you is I don't like that .

It's too much for me oh my god , it's so much easier in a big theater not for me , oh okay , it's I .

I like to be right on top of them . You know , I like to be like on top of them , packed in , and I don't bask in the , the big theater thing , it's not not . I'm like uncomfortable .

No , but the big theater thing , you get that wave of laughter and then it comes back Right . But we're all different .

Some people would only do it in a big theater .

I would only do it .

I've done both of them in a smaller 500 , 600 seat . Yeah .

That's amazing . That's so good . What's ?

it called .

Are you allowed to ? No it's , I can't say yet we'll save it .

So we'll save it . Yeah , you can come back and plug it again . Yeah , in another three years you can come back and we'll have catering for you then .

No , I'm joking I'll take an egg white omelet .

Is there a croissant back ?

there .

A croissant , a croissant and your kids .

Yeah , they're great .

Nachas . You're getting nachas from the kids .

Yeah , I'm in love with them . That's why I'm working so hard , so they don't have to worry . No , they're amazing , they're amazing , they're getting big .

How old are the little ones now ?

It's five . How old are the little ones now ? Five and a half , can you believe that ? I know , yeah , they're getting big , and then Bella is going to be nine .

Who travels on the road with you .

I have an opener who comes with me everywhere and then he films me . He also edits stuff .

It's great . Who is it ?

Dan , this guy , dan Janine . He's amazing , very funny .

I was thinking about that . You know , when I watch your clips , I'm like you have a camera on the audience , you have a camera on you . You have different angles . I'm like this bitch is filming a special .

Everywhere she goes like yeah , no , he's unbelievable and he also kills , and he's like one of my best friends .

I mean it's a great situation .

So that makes good yeah he's a brilliant editor , like yeah , he really is he made my youtube blow up and and about crowd work .

I mean , you're obviously good at it . I would say a lot of comedians who are doing it are not , but they are sort of forced to adopt it to like feed the algorithm and like put stuff out there without burning material . Do you think that that's like changing the palette of people who go to comedy shows ?

Every club tells me that . Yeah , when I go to the comedy club on the road , they're like oh , we had , you know , Lil Jon Jon here last week .

And he's really big on TikTok . Yeah , he sold out four shows . It was no material and had nothing to talk about .

No , he was literally just went up and had five minutes and then it's just nightmare , like people walk out the clubs .

Tell me that people walk out and then they never book them again , right ?

Never book them again , and then these same people that came to the show might not go to another comedy .

That's what I'm saying . That's right . That's the problem . That's

They go so little John , john , and then never go back .

Going back to your crowd work . I will tell you . You know , when I watch you do audience work . If it doesn't go anywhere , you literally abort and go into material . Yeah , it's like if this thing is not gonna go anywhere , I'm not gonna bother with this I tell them I'm like this is the most boring conversation I've ever had .

We're very similar in certain ways and powerful on stage and upbeat and energy and all this other shit , yeah , like .

So I love , I've always loved what you do yeah , thank you and I I do no , I remember I I once I I I dated somebody who had , who didn't really laugh much and didn't definitely didn't get any of my I remember this and I don't even remember who it was yeah , I remember , and I brought him like , like , much later on in our relationship to the comedy seller

That must have been nice for you to see . It was nice for him to see that he had that in him . Yeah Well .

I don't know , not for him , wait , wait , wait .

You and I did an event for some hospital or for some it was like in a basement somewhere , Do you ?

remember this .

It was so funny and we were .

Were we in the hospital no no , no , no , no , no .

We were in . It was for it was the young , the young league of this charity , this Jewish charity , and it was me and you , and the audience was this rich like Syrian , persian , they're just hard , yeah , they just whatever . And they didn't , they didn't get it .

You guys will both do an hour and a half .

Right , right right .

But we can't pay you as much .

But then the older guy who , like , is in charge of the whole organization , comes in and then Jessica walks in and she goes hi , I'm everyone's nutritionist .

It was . I couldn't catch my breath . I don't remember anything .

Oh , I remember I don't even know where I am right now . No , no , no . I remember that we've moments . It's just . It's just , it's just no . We're 25 years . I've known her , we've run into , we've done shows , country clubs and oh , so many shows together I know I , you know , like tons of private events . Yes .

Always at the cellar , but like these private the private ones are the craziest ones . Craziest ones . Yeah , I mean they pay the most , but they're the . You know , they're the ones that I have to go .

I remember you called me after you did Florida . I remember the first time you did Florida .

Oh , I must have been .

You called for Jessica to call me . You understand , after a gig , I remember this phone call . You remember any of this , do you ?

I might remember that it was your first Florida .

It was one of these century villages .

Yeah , well , that was the worst . I mean , people say what's the worst ? I opened for the platters at Century Village .

I've gone to the point where they opened for me , but I will tell you so you know the gig . It's 1,200 people . They all paid $12 . They've all paid $12 to see the show . So you're really not making any money , but it's a great room .

And it's where you start to do these things .

Yeah , yeah yeah , it's like the introduction to this stuff . Yeah , and she called me before . What would I do ? I go , Jessica . This is an audience that they need to know who you are in their head . Are you the daughter ? Are you the ?

granddaughter . I remember this completely . Are you the granddaughter I do ? It was very good advice .

Are you the daughter-in-law ? They need to know who you are Set it up . Need to know who you are Set it up . Yeah , short Hills , jewish , this lesbian . They need to know where to file you and then do your act . She said I did that . I got them in the middle . Someone yelled out you need to lose weight . Oh you remember that ?

No . I don't remember that Someone yelled out you need to lose weight .

Someone yelled that out to you . Yeah , yeah , yeah , yeah , yeah .

Well , I think I mean it must have been , unless they were had complete dementia . I mean just to yell out I was probably in response to a joke or something .

They are 80 years old .

Yeah , no , I know I've done 700 of them . I know , but yeah , they yell out a lot . I talk about that in my act . They'll just be like comedian , comedian . Yeah , get me a seltzer water , like they're just people , people come to me .

I I talk about with the audience . I say people come to me and they go . You're modi , you're the gay husband that I love it .

Gay husband , you don't have a name as if you're the whole oh , I'm more than that , honey , I know that honey , I me .

But I knew it would get a laugh and I hate myself .

So no , no I miss you so much . Oh , my God yeah .

Jessica really saved my life during COVID . How ? Because we I produced and hosted a Zoom show for Jess and Rachel Feinstein during COVID .

Yeah , like how you guys did your thing during COVID .

What I did was lock myself in a closet for four hours every week and set up where , like hundreds of people would come and it was Jess and Rachel and me like navigating .

I saw some of this . It was hysterical , and then we had people came on like Amy Schumer would just pop on , or Gilbert Godfrey .

Like it was . Gilbert Godfrey came on Like five times and his son is screaming you're a cunt . It was the weirdest , my God .

Yeah , someone came up to meet me after a show the other day and she fingered me and I'm like that's pushing . That's a little like I'll hug you but don't finger me .

Do you do meet ?

and greets and it was at an Orthodox show , Like out of all places .

Do you do meet and greets ?

I used to and meet and greets I used to , and then I almost ended up in a mental institution . I swear it was a lot more than the show . Yeah , I was selling merch , but it was unbelievable . It's a lot . I love them and they're great . But my fans cry to me a lot . They talk to me about their problem .

It's heavy , that's what this online show was , though they would sit for hours yeah and they'd be like and then my husband .

That was pretty good that was pretty good acting dania act .

Wow very good , very good I , I , we , we .

Well , I have my meet and greets , but but Leo runs it , so he's , I balance them , he balances them .

It's good and they pay to do it right . Yes , See , that's what I'm going to start doing .

You would do a meet and greet for free .

Well , I would sell my merch and I would do like a picture for a certain price and if you brought something in a picture , I mean I made a lot of money selling merch and doing that .

I love it . It gets you a flavor of the people in the room and all of that .

We drove in from Great Neck to see you , yeah so we know , like we know , like we did the Paris show .

My son went to high school with your sister , you know my sister-in-law from Hewlett High School .

My nephew is a very talented karaoke singer in Los Angeles .

Can you get him signed with Columbia Records ?

And what about wait a second , because I know that you get these insane requests also ? You got something where somebody's uncle had his legs amputated and they wanted a face mask .

Oh , I get . No , I couldn't do it anymore . I was .

Modi's still on cameo , but it kind of reached a fever pitch when someone was like hi , my uncle's about to have a leg amputated , Can you give him a pep talk ?

But I did . I don't care , that's okay .

A pep talk is amazing , like hey , hey , you're gonna get your leg yeah , it's okay , you'll get another leg . Look a little a little bit of energy . Hey , that's so much .

You're so positive you have to be yeah , well , no you don't you ?

I mean some of us can't be okay I mean I'm , I do the best I can , but I can't do all that like I can . I'm doing these shows , I I people send me messages , I try to , but like I can't do too much , I also have four kids .

I know we're like barely . I can't imagine .

One kid , you're done .

I can't imagine . You have to be very careful with like who you open up a line of communication .

Right yeah , because they'll just . Some of them will just Vampires , not a lot , but some of them . But the audiences .

I love them all . I swear to God . The meet and greets they're crazy , the ones that my favorite when they just had their breasts done . So it's like two hard balls , like from a baseball game , those hard balls .

You mean the men you're meeting .

Yeah , yeah , the women . And then they stick my arm in between them , turn in my ear and go my father's a Holocaust , my mom has stage four cancer and turn to the camera and smile Literally . And I'm standing there like with these two breasts in my arm and I'm like smile and it's just no .

I love them . I do too . I really do , but you know it's some . I've also had legitimate stalkers , so I have to be very yeah Are you finding navigating cause .

I've seen you be vocal online like in a post-October 7th world , like you're a Jewish entertainer . Like , how are you navigating that now , especially like as we're like deep in this election cycle ? Do you feel like your audience is very ?

split or do you feel like I'm not political ? I'm well , I mean , I'm I'm very proud and yes , you know , but you're not .

Right , that's kind of been .

It has to be , because otherwise you get dragged down , of course , and then like this one angle and then no matter honestly , no matter what you say or how you explain it , people have their opinions right , you're not gonna get through to anyone , damned if you don't .

Yeah . And then yeah , yeah I can't .

It's so upsetting for me and like depressing to be in that with people online Like I have enough . I'm dealing with offline .

That like it's just , it's so , like you know , some like Indonesian bot it's just like you go like I get a lot of hate , quote , unquote , and I go and I look at who it's from and it's like zero followers , zero posts .

Yeah , yeah , yeah , we have that . I just delete that . Yeah , I just delete it . Or you get to it before , just to delete it .

I delete all of it yeah .

I just there's no point in talking about any of it , and it also just divides people more .

Yeah .

I just don't . It's so divided in this country and in the world Like it's insane to me .

I get the impression that your fan base is like more queer than Modi's fan base .

I have a huge queer fan base .

And then Jewish than Modi's fan base . I have a huge queer fan base Right and so that has right now been leaning toward this like left area . No , my fans aren't like that .

I mean I'd say they're like such a wide variety . Yeah Well , my fans aren't . Like it's really the truth . They don't get offended a lot . I mean they're watching my comedy .

Yeah , that's a good point .

You know . So it's like I'll say I am very edgy , very like , I'm not like a safe comic . So they all know that and they still follow me and I think they know that I'm like , not like I'm so open and yeah because you take a shot at yourself and then take a shot at them . Yeah .

So it's not like you're just banging them out . You know against them You're taking a shot at yourself and taking a shot at them . So there's a balance . It's a big , it's an important element in comedy when you're doing crowd work .

Yeah , does Zoe come and watch your shows ?

Yeah , I mean Zoe . I've been taking Zoe on stage . The first time I took zoe on stage she was six months old . I brought her onto stage at caroline's and I said who left this baby in the bar area ? And she was so you remember how gorgeous she I mean black full head of black hair and like blue , I mean she's stunning .

That's so sweet . I'm so happy for you with that , oh .

God , thank you , thank you , good for you , good for you . I'm so happy I could . There's comics that you just want . Nothing but great for them .

It's like , and Jessica is one of them .

I just want to just blessings and happiness and just , oh , you're so good . This would be part of the show , I guess , where we like start to plug , like some of your tour dates .

But there's so many . Well , I mean the Beacon one is it's , there's a pre-sale now .

April 24th . I don't know when this is coming . It's going to air a little later .

You're fine , A few weeks , so yes it's in April 25th , but my whole website has my tour dates , which is I mean my jessicacursoncom .

We'll put it in the description . Spell it for them . No , Jessica .

Jessica K-I-R-S . As in sandwich Salmon O . As in .

Operation .

Operation Orgasm An N as in nachos .

Nachos .

Okay , I'll plug it in K-I-R-S-O-N .

I'm telling you people right now what I always tell all my fans Be the friend that brings the friends to the comedy show . Bring your friends to one of Jessica's shows . You will just plot laughing , the kind of laughter where your stomach hurts , your face hurts and it's just .

You're so cute .

He's so cute .

I know , really , I think I'm straight .

JessicaKirsoncom , and you're online on your Instagram .

Yeah , I'm going to link everything . Jesse Kirson , j-e-s-s-y-k-i-r-s-o-n , and then TikTok . Jessica Kerson , I have a YouTube page .

Yeah , enjoy it Like deep dive into Jessica . You will thank us . We have to thank A&H Provisions , number one , kosher Glot meat . They deliver . They're amazing , clean , beautiful it's . You're so proud that this is kosher . At um kosher dogsnet , they have the best hot dogs in the world , even goyim get their hot . They're so good , we'll get set to send .

And they are at whitesluckscom .

Yes , and we thank you so much for listening .

Thank you for having me . I love you all .

You can come back on .

Yeah , I'll come back on any time I'm around more now Okay .

Okay , we'll take you up on that .

Thank you , bye , bye .